Title 24APPENDIX, Title 24APPENDIX: Municipal Charters

§ 202. Composition The Board of Supervisors shall be composed of one representative from each member municipality, and one nonvoting member appointed by the Franklin-Grand Isle Regional Planning Commission.

§ 203. Appointment (a) The legislative branch of each member municipality that votes to join the District prior to January 1, 1988 shall appoint one representative to the Board of Supervisors. These representatives shall serve until the first Wednesday in April 1988, on which dat…

§ 204. Organizational meeting Annually on the first Wednesday in April, the Board of Supervisors shall hold its organizational meeting. At such meeting, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership a Chair and a Vice Chair, each of whom shall hold office for one…

§ 205. Regular meetings A schedule of regular meetings of the Board of Supervisors shall be established at the organizational meeting.

§ 206. Special meetings Special meetings of the Board of Supervisors may be called at any time by the Chair or shall be called by the Clerk upon written request of a majority of the members of the Board of Supervisors. Except in case of emergency, each member of the Board of Supe…

§ 207. Quorum For the purpose of transacting business, the presence of members representing more than 50 percent of the Board of Supervisors shall constitute a quorum. However, a smaller number may adjourn to another date. Any action adopted by a majority of the votes cast at a m…

§ 208. Voting (a) Except as otherwise provided herein, each member of the Board of Supervisors shall be entitled to cast one vote. (b) The vote of the Board of Supervisors approving the siting of any solid waste disposal facility shall require an affirmative recorded vote of the …

§ 209. Term All representatives to the Board of Supervisors shall hold office for three years, except as otherwise provided in section 203 of this subchapter and until their successors are duly appointed. Any representative may be reappointed to successive terms without limit.

§ 210. Vacancy Any vacancy on the Board of Supervisors shall be filled within 30 days after such vacancy occurs by appointment by the authority that appointed the representative whose position has become vacant. An appointee to a vacancy shall serve until the expiration of the te…

§ 211. Rules of procedures Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, Robert’s Rules of Order shall govern at all meetings.

§ 212. Compensation of members of Board of Supervisors Each member municipality shall pay to its representatives to the Board of Supervisors such reimbursement of expenses as it shall determine reasonable.

§ 301. Officers The officers of the District shall be the Chair and the Vice Chair of the Board of Supervisors, the Clerk of the District, and the Treasurer of the District.

§ 302. Bond Prior to assuming their offices, all officers shall post bond in such amounts as shall be determined by resolution of the Board of Supervisors. The cost of such bond shall be borne by the District.

§ 303. Chair The Chair of the Board of Supervisors shall be the chief executive officer of the District. The Chair shall preside at all meetings of the Board of Supervisors and shall make and sign all contracts on behalf of the District upon approval by the Board of Supervisors. …

§ 304. Vice Chair During the absence of or inability of the Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the same shall be performed and exercised by the Vice Chair and when so acting, the Vice Chair shall have all the powers and be subject to all t…

§ 305. Vacancy During the absence or inability of the Vice Chair to render or perform his or her duties or exercise his or her powers, the Board of Supervisors shall elect from among its membership an acting Vice Chair who shall have the powers and be subject to all the responsib…

§ 306. Clerk The Clerk of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Clerk shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the public records of the District and the Seal of the District. Th…

§ 307. Treasurer The Treasurer of the District shall be appointed by the Board of Supervisors, shall not be a member of the Board, and shall serve at its pleasure. The Treasurer shall have the exclusive charge and custody of the funds of the District and shall be the disbursing o…

§ 308. Records The conduct of all meetings and public access thereto and the maintaining of all records, books, and accounts of the district shall be governed by the laws of this State relating to open meetings and accessibility of public records.

§ 309. Audit The Board of Supervisors shall cause an audit to be performed annually by an independent professional accounting firm or a certified public accountant.

§ 310. Executive Board The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish an Executive Board and grant such powers as it may deem necessary.

§ 311. Committees The Board of Supervisors shall have the authority to establish any and all committees as it may deem necessary.

§ 312. Compensation of officers Officers of the District shall be paid such compensation or reimbursement of expenses, or both, as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors.

§ 313. Recall of officers An officer may be removed by a two-thirds vote of the Board of Supervisors whenever, in its judgment, the best interest of the District will be served.

§ 401. Fiscal year The fiscal year of the District shall commence on July 1 and end on June 30 of the following year.

§ 402. Budget appropriation and assessment (a) Proposed budget. Annually on or before December 1, the Board of Supervisors shall approve and cause to be distributed to the legislative branch of each member municipality for review and comment an annual report of its activities, in…

§ 403. Collection Annually on or before January 1, the Treasurer of the District shall issue and present a warrant to the legislative branch of each member municipality requiring that the amount of such assessment, if any, be paid to him or her in accordance with the schedule of …

§ 404. Limitations of appropriations Actions or resolutions of the Board of Supervisors for the annual appropriations of any year shall not cease to be operative at the end of the fiscal year for which they were adopted, except as otherwise provided by the laws of the State of Ve…

§ 405. Indebtedness (a) Short-term borrowing. The Board of Supervisors may borrow money through the issuance of notes of the District for the purpose of paying current expenses of the District. Such notes must mature within one year. The Board of Supervisors may also borrow money…

§ 406. Sinking fund The Board of Supervisors may establish and provide for a sinking fund, however denominated, for the retirement of bond issue or other debt, or to provide security for the payment thereof. When so established, it shall be kept intact and separate from other mon…

§ 407. Capital reserve fund The Board of Supervisors shall establish and provide for a capital reserve fund to pay for public improvements, replacement of worn-out buildings and equipment, and planned and unplanned major repairs of a disposal facility, in furtherance of the purpo…

§ 408. Disposal fees The Board of Supervisors may from time to time establish and adjust a disposal fee structure (tipping fee) or such other user-based fees as it deems appropriate for the purpose of generating revenues from sources other than assessments to member municipalitie…

§ 501. Special meetings The Board of Supervisors may call a special meeting of the District when it deems it necessary or prudent to do so and shall call a special meeting of the District when action by the voters of the District is necessary under this agreement or under any app…

§ 502. Places of meetings At any special meeting of the District, voters of each member municipality shall cast their ballots at such polling places within the municipality of their residence as shall be determined by the Board of Supervisors of the District in cooperation with t…

§ 503. Public hearings Not less than three nor more than 14 days prior to any special meeting called by the Board of Supervisors, at least one public hearing shall be held by the Board of Supervisors at which time the issues under consideration shall be presented and comments rec…

§ 504. Warnings required The Board of Supervisors of the District shall warn a special meeting of the District by filing a notice with the clerk of each member municipality and by posting a notice in at least five public places in each municipality in the District not less than 3…

§ 505. Signing of warning The original warning of any special meeting of the District shall be signed by a number of the Board of Supervisors equal to a majority of the total votes entitled to be cast and shall be filed with the District Clerk before being posted.

§ 506. Warning contents The posted notification shall include the date, time, place, and nature of the meeting. It shall, by separate articles, specifically indicate the business to be transacted and the questions to be voted upon. The warning also shall contain any article reque…

§ 507. Australian ballot The Australian ballot system shall be used at all special meetings of the District when voting is to take place.

§ 508. Qualifications and registration of voters All legal voters of the member municipalities shall be legal voters of the District. The member municipalities shall post and revise checklists in the same manner as for municipal meetings prior to any District meeting at which the…

§ 509. Conduct of meetings At all special meetings of the District, the provisions of 17 V.S.A. chapter 51 regarding election officials (subchapter 1), voting machines (subchapter 3), polling places (subchapter 4), absent voters (subchapter 6), process of voting (subchapter 7), c…

§ 510. Reconsideration or rescission of vote (a) A question voted on at any special meeting of the District shall not be submitted to the voters for reconsideration or rescission except at a subsequent special meeting duly warned for that purpose and called by the Board of Superv…

§ 511. Validation of District meetings When any of the requirements as to notice or warning of a special District meeting have been omitted or not complied with, the omission or noncompliance, if the meeting and the business transacted at it is otherwise legal and within the scop…

§ 512. Priority When a special meeting of the District is called to act upon a proposition to incur bonded or other indebtedness, the special meeting procedures outlined in subchapter 4 of this chapter shall control over the meeting procedures outlined in this subchapter in the e…

§ 601. Withdrawal of member municipality A member municipality may withdraw from the District upon the terms and conditions specified below: (1) Withdrawal prior to the District incurring bonded indebtedness or entering long-term contracts. (A) The Board of Supervisors shall not …

§ 602. Admission of new member municipalities The Board of Supervisors may authorize the inclusion of additional member municipalities in the District upon such terms and conditions as it, in its sole discretion, shall deem to be fair, reasonable, and in the best interests of the…